Not downplaying at all Tony W. Read some of my comments on earlier posts about Gillard. My feelings are quite clear. Actually my use of the word 'unattractive' was intended to convey the exact opposite. In recent days I have worn out the lower case v square on the iPad tapping vitriol, vile, venomous, venal and vagina. I am absolutely furious. Just imagine if some halfwits talked about cutting Abbott's throat, dropping him into the sea in a chaff bag and metaphorically pulled down his budgies to examine the state of his manhood (another polite understatement) before asking him if Margie preferred ladies. Well just imagine the outcry? I can't think of a male equivalent for witch and bitch, can you? Btw I would be appalled if such language was directed at Abbott too. Like many in this country I am sickened beyond measure but the cruelty, the banality, the crudity, the utter charmlessness of public discourse. There you go you have me stirred up again. - Dianne
Germaine Greer, I continue to admire you - as a breath of fresh air, intelligence and honesty. And for this I am glad you have written this piece for Hoopla. The constant and recent criticism of JG has woken me to the fact that beneath the superficiality of external images - is a grounded, empathetic, no-nonsense person - someone I can relate to as a 52 year old, non-parent, female singledon. Any chance of your appearance on ABC's Q&A any time soon pre election? - Maria
No way I'd be voting for Juliar - anyway I'm not in her electorate - but I will not be voting for either party .... and I agree with Claire .... - Maxine
@ Dianne: "Agree Tony w. was being deliberately down key." No time to downplay things Dianne, after what they've done to our PM we need to stick the boot into these bullies and give them a taste of their own medicine. Maintain the Rage! - Tony W
That'sone of my favourite books too! Yours in messiness... - Wendy Harmer
I will be voting for JG on the 14th September. - Claire
I agree with Ellen. There's a big difference between saying "she asked for it" (which is complete unacceptable at any level) and thinking it's prudent to not take insane risks with your safety. I don't think that ensuring you have reasonable control of your faculties or avoiding dodgy areas on your own is a female-only thing. My partner (male) was bashed up while walking home in a really bad area at an early hour and was drunk - things he could have avoided. It certainly wasn't his fault, but if he wasn't blotto and caught a cab instead of walking through a scary area, he wouldn't have encountered the gang of cavemen who beat him up. It's all well and good to say "we have a right to do what we want, when we want, and be safe" (what a wonderful world that would be) but the reality is that we have lots of fruit loops with messed up heads living among us. It doesn't matter what you wear or how you act, they're still on a mission to do bad stuff to other humans. I think the self-preservation argument gets swamped by labels of rape apologist and victim-blaming, but I actually don't think it's a gender thing. It's just common bloody sense for women AND men. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, on this one. - catzilla
Hmmm, I like the recommendation but not sure I like the angle...there are a plethora of good, evidence-based, reasons/achievements to keep the ALP in and keep Julia Gillard as PM, just not sure that simply being a woman is high on the list. - Amy T
Ah, here she is again offering her opinion. The woman who told JG "OK Julia, you have a big arse. Get over it", Well, Germaine, you have a bad habit of sticking your nose where it is not invited. Usually you take the opportunity to denounce and denigrate Australia and those who you feel deserve your acidic comments. I can think of a few to describe you but nobody had asked me. Suffice to say I have always considered you to be a right royal pain in the arse. - Claire
@ Steph: "it will be another twenty years before they govern again." That was being said about the Libs after Rudd's landslide victory, they were a rabble under Nelson and Turnbull. They've regrouped under Abbott and he's been the most effective opposition leader we've ever seen, but he'll fall flat on his face in government and even Murdoch won't be able to save him. He'll break his promise on the carbon tax and merely try to reduce the fixed price. He won't manage to Stop the Boats, and his austerity measures will kill off growth and may even shock the economy into recession. Unlike Howard/Costello he won't have access to rivers of gold from any mining boom. The electoral pattern in recent years is massive expectations pre-election and massive disappointment post-election. Think Rudd, Gillard, Bailleau, Newman, O'Farrell. Soon it will be Abbott's turn to live up to the hype, and as his polling inevitably falls there are plenty of would-be LNP leaders waiting in the wings. In other words - deja vu, all over again. - Tony W

Categories: Things We Love [Online]

LEAKED PICS: VICTORIA’S SECRET MODEL BEFORE & AFTER PHOTOSHOP

By Jezabel

October 22, 2012

If you’ve rolled out of bed feeling less-than-average this morning, spare a thought for Victoria’s Secret model, Doutzen Kroes. Even she – one of the biggest supermodels in the world – isn’t exempt from Photoshop retouching.

A collection of before-and-after shots featured at Jezebel shows how her already flawless photographs have been ‘neatened’ and ‘enhanced’.

The shots (which were accidentally published by Victoria’s Secret) haven’t been dramatically altered, but it’s still interesting to see what has and what hasn’t been digitally altered.

View at Jezebel: The Unretouched Images Victoria’s Secret Doesn’t Want You to See.

2 Responses to this article

William Marshall October 22, 2012 Reply

When will those fools realise, stick insects are NOT sexy, I could sit on and break those photoshopped images!
MidnightBlue October 23, 2012 Reply

Hmmm. William Marshall looks at a series of pictures of attractive woman and the thought that comes to his mind has to do with sitting on them. I realise that some people are lacking in social skills, but this is a real worry.

Actually in most of those images the changes were minor – hardly worth the fuss.

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